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Topic: Cathedral Clean-up Day (Read 284 times)

Edge

I lifted this from Al's White Mountain Report, I hope he doesn't mind:

Your Help Needed:The annual MRS Cathedral Ledge Cleanup is scheduled for Tuesday July 27,4:00 PM. This is a great way to help preserve our favorite resource. Pleasemeet at the kiosk at the base of Cathedral. Bags and gloves will beprovided. The annual Bar-B-Q (not to be missed) will follow at the NereledgeInn around 6:00. Be there, or be very SQUARE.

So who is in? My daughter and I went early last year and climbed Bombardment to the Book with OM from the board. It was alot of fun, we got to give something back to the climbing community, and we finished it all off with burgers and beers.

good job Loran, you beat me to it. YES, please do come out & help clean up our crag. last year it was gret to meet OM & Loran and his daughter. I've brought my son Daz the last 3 years & we do the walk down the road picking up trash as we go. I hope a bunch of you come out. it is a very small thing to do but does makes a difference.

I wish that I could be there, but I am an unfortunate Massh*** Anyway, I noticed a very disturbing pile of human waste on the trail from the Book etc when I was there last sunday. I put a little cairn over it, as I was not prepared to deal with it at the time. There are some sheets of paper and a few rocks on top of it. I know it is gross, but it would be good to get that off of the trail. It is right near the top ledges, near the lookout. I hope it was not a climber! Also, I am sure that you have all seen that there is a lot of trash back there - there are tons of firework wrappers, beer cans and bottles too. Maybe sometime we could schedule a clean up on a weekend when more of us weekend warriors could help out too. It is not a locals only crag, and you should not have to clean it all yourselves.

If you see a number of bags of trash etc. by the Kiosk at the base of Cathedral, they were collected by my wife & I last Tuesday with the assistance of local climber John Patrick who like ourselves wasn't aware of the postponement. We walked both sides of the road at the base of the cliff. About half way through our walk, Ann from IME drove by in her truck and graciously hauled away what we had collected up to that point. THANKS! The rest is at the Kiosk waiting for pick up. Sorry we won't be able to make it next Tuesday.

in spite of a world-class thunderstorm that moved through the area at about 3:30PM this afternoon dropping about 1/4 inch of rain in about 20 minutes, it was a great cliff cleanup this year. we got a full pickup truck full of trash & the cliff looks quite spiffy. (who knows how long that will last, but it looks great now!) the party was superb & Rick honored the agreement to get good beer again this year. none of that Bush bear for this group!!! <sly grin> there was sausages, burgers, hot dogs, watermellon, good cheer and lots of climbing talk for all who attended.

in spite of a world-class thunderstorm that moved through the area at about 3:30PM this afternoon dropping about 1/4 inch of rain in about 20 minutes, it was a great cliff cleanup this year. we got a full pickup truck full of trash & the cliff looks quite spiffy. (who knows how long that will last, but it looks great now!) the party was superb & Rick honored the agreement to get good beer again this year. none of that Bush bear for this group!!! <sly grin> there was sausages, burgers, hot dogs, watermellon, good cheer and lots of climbing talk for all who attended.

Edge

Sorry I had to miss it! Last week was OK with us, but Meaghan had to work yesterday and I was having a furniture-making crisis (think glue up day for a major sideboard carcass. 25+ parts, 20 minutes "open" time on the glue, 40 clamps, and the wishing for 12 hands).

Thank you to everyone who participated! I will continue to pick up whatever I see everytime we are out climbing, as we all should. It is easy to throw a plastic grocery bag in the top of your pack and make a difference with each visit.

While I missed the free beer at the Nearledge, I compensated at home...